Saturday, May 31, 2008

Two at 62.

"Atta boy Titan, at 62 years of age and on a tennis court, you remind me of a cricket player on the pitch in my native Jamaica - having eaten too much jerk chicken" chirped Clarence 'Gazelle' Williams, as he joined a group of eight (more or less) regulars for some doubles at Kinsley. Titan paired with Joe 'Gimpy Knees' Cruz in his opener against Bob 'Kraut' Kluge and 'Happy Jack' Carey in a (6-2) victory on the challenger's court. Frank 'Slats' Slattery and George 'Chemist' Hauss rallied from a love-3 deficit to capture their set (6-4) from George 'Teacher' Febles and 'Rockin' Rick Ricci. With 'Teacher'and 'Chemist' departing the 'bloviating blowhard' paired with 'RRR' for another stirring comeback ( 7-5) against the Amackassin duo of 'Slats' and 'Happy Jack.' As the boys met at net 'Happy Jack' opined, "Titan, was your strategy to always hit the ball to me today?" 'Slats' was quick to observe, "HJ, Titan's a fox. It's pretty clear his strategy was to make sure you were 'Kraut's and then my partner in sets he played! How else could he win!!" 'Gimpy Knees' reminded all, "I wanted to beat that lard ass laggard 6-2, not give him a 6-2 victory.

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